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Operations and Supply Chain Terms


Operations concepts, definitions and terms are covered in this Operations & SCM Dictionary. Operations & supplychain terms glossary covers concepts, definitions & tutorials related to SCM, inventory, logistics, warehousing, procurement, distribution and more.

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11 Activity Analysis 11367
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14265
13 Actual Demand 11077
14 Aggregate Planning 12017
15 Air Cargo 9930
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6539
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34685
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15257
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19042
20 Assembly Line 21947
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22799
22 Average Speed of Answer 26453
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22888
24 Batch Production 37964
25 Bill Discounting 14324
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11018
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7025
28 Blanket Release 9880
29 Bonded Warehouse 9957
30 Booking Number 13594
31 Bottleneck 9359
32 Buffer Stock 58749
33 Build to Stock 12817
34 Bullwhip Effect 9427
35 Business Logistics 25365
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12437
37 Capacity Management 40028
38 Capacity Utilization 13925
39 Capital Intensive 8246
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8548
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11976
42 Certified Supplier 8883
43 Channel Effectiveness 8841
44 Co-Destiny 9157
45 Co-managed Inventory 12326
46 Co-Packers 11647
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6738
48 Computer-Based Training 7585
49 Consular Invoice 19530
50 Container Depot 10489
51 Container Freight Station 10205
52 Continuous Replenishment 19332
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11942
54 Contract Carrier 7259
55 Contract of Affreightment 11297
56 Control Charts 7858
57 Cost Flow 10160
58 Courier Service 15055
59 CPFR 8110
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11655
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43774
62 Date Code 18010
63 Days of Supply 19664
64 Dead on Arrival 9082
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7196
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7983
67 Detective Control 8793
68 Devanning 14108
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10735
70 Dispatching 24097
71 Distributed Inventory 8253
72 Distribution Channel Management 34402
73 Distribution Metrics 8922
74 Distribution Planning 24047
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15033
76 Double Marginalization 52422
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22143
78 Dual 5359
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20449
80 Echelon Inventory 25996
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38111
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49287
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7507
84 Efficient Frontier 25230
85 Engineer-to-Order 31512
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16192
87 Erlang B Formula 9223
88 ETD 8211
89 Ex Works 7748
90 Exception Rate 13316
91 Exponential smoothing 9729
92 External Growth 9940
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9316
94 Field Services 7658
95 Field Warehouse 9840
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8610
97 Fishbone Diagram 14473
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26785
99 Flow Through Distribution 12172
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8044
101 FOB Destination 12875
102 Forward buying 29892
103 Freight Charge 10213
104 Freight Consolidation 7428
105 Gantt Chart 8202
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11581
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29373
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12553
109 Hub 23234
110 Idle Time 7962
 
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